Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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